Spine & Sports Rehab Center Offers Relieving Care for Post-Surgical Neck Pain

Neck pain anytime is not welcome. Neck pain after neck surgery is particularly unwelcome…by the patient and the treating physician! Gentle manual treatment of post-surgical neck pain and any adjacent-to-the-surgical-level-segment spinal pain issues at Spine & Sports Rehab Center helps many Baton Rouge neck pain sufferers get neck pain relief.

DDD

Degenerative disc disease (DDD) - the deterioration of a or multiple spinal discs – shows itself as low back pain and neck and arm pain. 40% of people over age 40 have degenerative disc disease while 80% of those over age 80 have it. 10% to 20% of people with disc degeneration in the lumbar spine and up to 30% of those with cervical disc degeneration will not get relief from non-surgical treatments. (1) Degenerative disc disease is reported as starting in the second decade of life. (2) The artificial disc replacement has been around for some time. An early analysis of its use and efficacy stated that about 5% of DDD patients were appropriate for it. Additionally, the review reported that lumbar artificial disc replacement was 79% better than lumbar spine fusion with a major complication rate of 0% to 13% per implanted device. The rate of major complications at 2 years post-surgery went from 0% to 8.1% per implant. Adjacent segment disease was said to be 2% in an 11-year-follow-up study, but not definitive in the clinical trial data. (1) Spine & Sports Rehab Center finds that post-surgical neck pain patients experiencing such adjacent segment disease seek our Baton Rouge chiropractic care not uncommonly.

ADJACENT SEGMENT DISEASE AFTER CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY

Spine literature has recently published studies regarding the concern expressed in the prior study about adjacent segment disease, degenerative changes at spinal segments directly next to a spinal fusion or disc implant area. The cause for such pain is explained as potentially resulting from altered stresses on the adjoining levels after such procedures. In an article geared toward primary care practitioners who see post-surgical patients with spinal pain, one such patient who currently had neck pain and cervical arm pain radiculopathy with a history of having had anterior cervical disectomy and spinal fusion surgery 30 years ago for DDD. This patient underwent 34 sessions of chiropractic care – a combination of cervical manipulation, flexion distraction decompression, soft-tissue mobilization and therapeutic ultrasound – reported relief. (3) Spine & Sports Rehab Center uses flexion distraction decompression procedures to gently address post-surgical Baton Rouge neck pain.

POST-CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY NECK PAIN

Researchers wrote that cervical spine surgeries for degenerative cervical spine conditions are increasing quickly and leaving in their wake post-surgical pain syndromes: chronic pain, adjacent segment disease, recurrent disc herniation, facet join pain, and/or epidural scarring. Repeat surgeries may be recommended though some patients are not able to or unwilling to undergo another surgery. Such patients may then consult with a practitioner who offers manual therapy for desired relief. Due to the fact that the clinical practice guidelines are written but not very distinctly for post-cervical spine surgery management, researchers reviewed published papers to establish a path of care. Of 12 articles, 10 studies on conservative care reported favorable clinical outcomes. (4) That is hopeful! Spine & Sports Rehab Center imparts this hope with our Baton Rouge neck pain patients who have undergone cervical spine surgery for degenerative disease and other issues causing neck pain. Our gentle spinal manipulation approach called Cox® Technic allows relieving, doctor-controlled treatment of your cervical spine.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Chris Osterlitz on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses how he helped a patient find relief of his neck pain after a cervical spine surgery following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management which may include nutritional advice to slow the degenerative disc disease.

Make your Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment soon. Unwelcomed neck pain as a result of degenerative disc disease and/or adjacent segment disease after a cervical spine surgery may well find the hoped for relief in the hands of your chiropractor.

Spine & Sports Rehab Center offers gentle care for neck pain after neck surgery.
 
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